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2025 NEW RELEASES IN Thrillers, Suspense, and Mystery
It’s going to be a year of Twists, Turns, Chills and even laughs for us booklovers. 2025 promises a fresh wave of suspenseful reads that will keep you guessing until the very last page. Imagine stories that delve into the dark side of technology, where AI blurs the lines between reality and deception. Picture chilling mysteries that unfold in the shadows of social media, where secrets hide in plain sight. And brace yourself for heart-pounding suspense with international intrigue, where espionage and conspiracies weave a tangled web of danger. This year, expect the unexpected. New voices will emerge, familiar authors will return with fresh twists, and the boundaries of the genre will be pushed to their limits. So clear your schedule, grab a cozy blanket, and prepare to be captivated. 2025 is the year to lose yourself in the thrill of the unknown.
For a more deeper dive into this year's new releases, scroll past the slideshow for ratings, tropes, links, and more to help you find your next 2025 thrilling read.
Happy reading, Book Lovers!
What's on Your 2025 TBR Mystery, Thriller, & Suspense List,
and Are You
"Judging Books by Their Covers?"
Any booklover fans of nail-biting suspense, mind-bending twists, or those late night-can't put your book down thrills? 2025 is shaping up to be an amazing year for lovers of the thriller, suspense, and mystery genres. Get those "to-be-read" lists ready, because you won't want to miss these gripping new releases:
The below list was compiled from my personal TBR list, friends and family, Goodreads, and multiple internet articles. Leave a comment below your most excited read for 2025.
JANUARY
Child abductions, a missing detective, and famous names shrouded in mystery. Can Holmes, Marple, and Poe save the day?
Holmes Is Missing- Holmes, Margaret & Poe, Book 2
By James Patterson & Brian Sitts
Genre: Suspense & Thriller | Crime Fiction
Hardcover | 352 Pages |
GOOD READS RATINGS: 4.4
AMAZON:4.6
CONTENT WARNINGS
Though the author and publisher haven't provided a formal content warning, the book blurb discusses child/newborn abductions, which could be a trigger for some readers. Please consider this when deciding if the book is right for you.
Publisher Blurb~
ABOUT: Holmes Is Missing
"Patterson's Most-Requested Sequel Ever!"
Success has come quickly to Holmes, Marple & Poe Investigations. The New York City agency led by three detectives—Brendan Holmes, “the brain,” Margaret Marple, “the eyes,” and Auguste Poe, the “muscle”—with famous names and mysterious pasts is one major case away from cementing its professional reputation.
But as a series of child abductions tests the PIs’ legendary skills, the cerebral Holmes’s absence leaves a gaping hole in the agency roster.
Only by closing ranks and solving the mystery within can they recover all that’s been lost.
Holmes, Marple & Poe: The Greatest Crime-Solving Team of the Twenty-First Century (Holmes, Margaret & Poe, Book 1)
4.4 on Amazon
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RELEASE DATE | JANUARY 6
Twin bond broken by tragedy. Secrets, a lost love, and a mysterious death. What really happened to Johnny?
A Sea of Unspoken Things
By Adrienne Young
Genre: Slow Burn Mystery| Crime Fiction
Hardcover | 288 Pages |
GOOD READS RATINGS: 3.8
AMAZON:4.2
CONTENT WARNINGS
While the author and publisher haven't issued a formal content warning, the book blurb mentions the death of a sibling, which may be sensitive for some readers.
Publisher Blurb~
ABOUT: A Sea of Unspoken Things
James and Johnny Golden were once inseparable. For as long as she can remember, James shared an almost supernatural connection with her twin brother, Johnny, that went beyond intuition—she could feel what he was feeling. So, when Johnny is killed in a tragic accident, James knows before her phone even rings that her brother is gone and that she’s alone—truly alone—for the first time in her life.
When James arrives in the secluded town of Six Rivers, California, to settle her brother’s affairs, she’s forced to revisit the ominous events of their shared past and finally face Micah, the only other person who knows their secrets—and the only man she has ever loved.
But as James delves deeper into Johnny’s world, she realizes that their unique connection hasn’t completely vanished. The more she immerses herself in his life, the more questions she has about the brother she thought she knew. Johnny was hiding something, and he’s not the only one. The deeper she digs, the more she is compelled to unravel the truth behind the days leading up to Johnny’s death. Ultimately, James must decide which truths should come to light, and which are better left buried forever.
The Unmaking of June Farrow
4.4 on Amazon
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RELEASE DATE | JANUARY 7
Hollywood's golden girl, a feminist film, and a deadly game of revenge. Secrets, lies, and a twist you won't see coming.
Sweet Fury
By Sash Bischoff
Genre: Suspense & Thriller |
Hardcover |288 Pages |
GOOD READS RATINGS: 3.6
AMAZON:3.8
CONTENT WARNINGS
Publisher Blurb~
ABOUT: Sweet Fury
When a beloved actress is cast in a feminist adaptation of a Fitzgerald classic, she finds herself the victim in a deadly game of revenge in which everyone, on screen and off, is playing a part.
Lila Crayne is America’s sweetheart: she’s generous and kind, gorgeous and magnetic. She and her fiancé, visionary filmmaker Kurt Royall, have settled into a stunning new West Village apartment and are set to begin filming their feminist adaptation of Fitzgerald’s Tender Is the Night.
To prepare for the leading role, Lila begins working with charming and accomplished therapist Jonah Gabriel to dig into the trauma of her past. Soon, Lila’s impeccably manicured life begins to unravel on the therapy couch—and Jonah is just the man to pick up the pieces. But everyone has a secret, and no one is quite who they seem.
A twisty, thought-provoking novel of construction and deconstruction in conversation with the works of F. Scott Fitzgerald and told through the lens of the film industry, Sweet Fury is an incisive and bold critique of America’s deep-rooted misogyny. With this novel, Bischoff examines the narratives we tell ourselves, and what happens when we co-opt others into those stories; and she probes the blurred lines between victim and perpetrator and the true meaning of justice.
Sweet Fury is the author's first novel.
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RELEASE DATE | JANUARY 7
Good girls, bad secrets, and a prank gone horribly wrong. Three friends, one shocking crime. Will their bond survive the Hamptons?
The Note
By Alafair Burke
Genre: Suspense & Thriller | Crime Fiction
Hardcover | 304 Pages |
GOOD READS RATINGS: 3.6
AMAZON:4.1
CONTENT WARNINGS
Publisher Blurb~
ABOUT: The Note
It was meant to be a harmless prank.
Growing up, May Hanover was a good girl, always. Well-behaved, top of her class, a compulsive rule-follower. Raised by a first-generation Chinese single mother with high expectations, May didn’t have room to slip up, let alone fail. Her friends didn’t call her the Little Sheriff for nothing.
But even good girls have secrets. And regrets. When it comes to her friendship with Lauren and Kelsey, she's had her fair share of both. Their bond—forged when May was just twelve years old—has withstood a tragic accident, individual scandals, heartbreak and loss. Now the three friends have reunited for the first time in years for a few days of sun and fun in the Hamptons. But a chance encounter with a pair of strangers leads to a drunken prank that goes horribly awry.
When she finds herself at the center of an urgent police investigation, May begins to wonder whether Lauren and Kelsey are keeping secrets from her, testing the limits of her loyalty to lifelong friends.
What had they gone and done?
The Wife: A Novel of Psychological Suspense
4.2 on Amazon
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RELEASE DATE | JANUARY 7
Reality TV, a perfect marriage, a horrifying secret. She's on the run, he's playing the victim. Who will win this twisted game?
The Perfect Home
By Daniel Kenitz
Genre: Suspense & Thriller | Crime Fiction
Paperback | 320 Pages |
GOOD READS RATINGS: 3.6
AMAZON:4.0
CONTENT WARNINGS
Publisher Blurb~
ABOUT: The Perfect Home
Dawn Decker is an American everywoman and the salt to her husband Wyatt’s sweet, media-friendly charm on their Tennessee-based home renovation reality TV show, The Perfect Home. While Dawn bristles at the trappings of their D-list celebrity status, Wyatt hungers for greater fame. The couple also faces infertility issues stemming from Wyatt’s low sperm count. He secretly orders experimental fertility drugs, and they conceive, but his personality takes a dark turn—he becomes moody, withdrawn, and even cruel.
When Dawn discovers his horrifying plot to manufacture a tragedy in order to skyrocket their celebrity status, she takes their infant twins and goes on the run. Wyatt appears on national television to turn the public against her, painting Dawnas an unstable kidnapper suffering from postpartum psychosis. His charm is so compelling that even Dawn’s closest friends doubt her. She will have to dig deep into the past—both hers and Wyatt’s—to find allies, protect her children, and beat this beloved all-American celebrity at his own game.
Told in dual perspectives from both husband and wife, this smart, captivating, and twisty thriller is a fun, addictive read from the very first page.
The Perfect Home is the author's first novel.
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RELEASE DATE | JANUARY 7
Drug kingpin's empire crumbles after family tragedy. Revenge ignites a firestorm, forcing him to choose between vengeance and redemption.
They All Fall the Same
By Wes Browne
Genre: Suspense & Thriller | Crime Fiction
Hardcover | 304 Pages |
GOOD READS RATINGS: 4.0
AMAZON:4.8
CONTENT WARNINGS
Publisher Blurb~
ABOUT: They All Fall the Same
An organized crime boss in Kentucky believes money and power are everything until his enterprise collides with a family tragedy in this gripping noir thriller perfect for fans of S.A. Cosby and Eli Cranor.
Cannabis kingpin Burl Spoon has reigned over the Jackson County area for three decades, building a powerful backwoods empire. But behind a well-run organization, his personal life is crumbling–his daughter can’t stay clean; his son has hated him since coming out; and after enduring years of infidelity, his wife is straying too. The only person not on his payroll who still adores him is his six-year-old granddaughter, Chelsea.
When his daughter overdoses on heroin laced with fentanyl and one of his employees is murdered, Burl’s retaliation against Clovis Begley, the patriarch of the heroin-dealing family involved in both deaths, is inevitable. As Burl’s plan spirals into a firestorm of vengeance that threatens the safety of his granddaughter, his drive for revenge conflicts with his longing for redemption.
Hillbilly Hustle
4.5 on Amazon
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RELEASE DATE | JANUARY 7
Ex-assassins turned suburban parents? Motherhood's a killer...literally. One last kill threatens to expose their dark secret. Can they survive?
A Serial Killer’s Guide To Marriage
By Asia Mackay
Genre: Suspense & Thriller | Humor
Hardcover | 352 Pages |
GOOD READS RATINGS: 3.8
AMAZON:4.1
CONTENT WARNINGS
Publisher Blurb~
ABOUT: A Serial Killer’s Guide To Marriage
I wasn't smashing the patriarchy; I was killing it. Literally.
Hazel and Fox are an ordinary married couple with a baby. Except for one small thing: they're murderers. Well, they used to be. They had it all. An enviable London lifestyle, five-star travels, and plenty of bad men to rid from the world. Then Hazel got pregnant.
Now, they’re just another mom-and-dad-and-baby. They gave up vigilante justice for life in the suburbs: arranged play dates instead of body disposals, diapers over daggers, mommy conversations instead of the sweet seduction right before a kill. Hazel finds her new life terribly dull. And the more she forces herself to play her monotonous, predictable role, the more she begins to feel that murderous itch again.
Meanwhile, Fox has really taken to being a father. Always the planner, he loves being five steps ahead of everyone and knowing exactly what’s coming around the bend. Plus, if anyone can understand Hazel needing one more kill, it’s Fox. But then Hazel kills someone without telling Fox. And when police show up at their door, Hazel realizes it will take everything she has to keep her family together.
Killing It
4.0 on Amazon
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RELEASE DATE | JANUARY 14
His wife vanished. A year later, he sees her double. Grief, obsession, and a twist of fate collide on a remote Scottish island.
Beautiful Ugly
By Alice Feeney
Genre: Suspense & Thriller |
Hardcover | 320 Pages |
GOOD READS RATINGS: 3.8
AMAZON:3.9
CONTENT WARNINGS
Publisher Blurb~
ABOUT: Beautiful Ugly
Grady Green is having the worst best day of his life.
Grady calls his wife to share some exciting news as she is driving home. He hears Abby slam on the brakes, get out of the car, then nothing. When he eventually finds her car by the cliff edge the headlights are on, the driver door is open, her phone is still there. . . but his wife has disappeared.
A year later, Grady is still overcome with grief and desperate to know what happened to Abby. He can’t sleep, and he can’t write, so he travels to a tiny Scottish island to try to get his life back on track. Then he sees the impossible – a woman who looks exactly like his missing wife.
Wives think their husbands will change but they don’t. Husbands think their wives won’t change but they do.
Rock Paper Scissors 4.1 on Amazon
Good Bad Girl 4.0 on Amazon
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RELEASE DATE | JANUARY 14
Her daughter's changed after the babysitter's death. Possession? Delusion? A mother's desperate fight to save her child.
Clever Little Thing
By Helena Echlin
Genre: Psychological Thriller |
Hardcover | 352 Pages |
GOOD READS RATINGS: 3.8
AMAZON:4.1
CONTENT WARNINGS
Publisher Blurb~
ABOUT: Clever Little Thing
A taut, powerful psychological thriller following a mother who must confront a sudden and terrifying change in her daughter after the abrupt death of their babysitter.
Charlotte’s daughter Stella is sensitive and brilliant, perhaps even a genius, but a recent change in her behavior has alarmed her mother. Following the sudden death of Stella’s babysitter, Blanka, the once disruptive and anti-social child has become docile and agreeable. But what’s unsettling is that she has begun to mirror Blanka’s personality, from Blanka’s repetitive phrases to her accent, to fierce cravings for Armenian meat stew after being raised a vegetarian.
Charlotte is pregnant with her second child, and depleted and sick with the pregnancy. She is convinced that Blanka herself is somehow responsible for Stella’s transformation. But how could Blanka, dead, still be entwined in their lives? Has Blanka somehow possessed Stella? Has Stella become Blanka? As Charlotte becomes increasingly obsessed, she is sure that only she can save her daughter. . . even though it’s soon clear that her husband believes this is all in Charlotte’s head.
Helena Echlin’s singular, chilling voice holds light to the blurred lines of diagnosis in children and to the vital power of maternal instinct. Kaleidoscopic and tense, pulse-pounding and genuinely creepy, and infused with shades of the supernatural, Clever Little Thing is an ode to motherhood and a nuanced critique of the caretaking industry, a page-turner that will haunt readers long after its epic, surprising finale.
Sparked- Teen & Young Adult Paranormal & Urban Fantasy
4.1 on Amazon
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RELEASE DATE | JANUARY 14
Gemma's London trip for her sister's wedding turns deadly when her ex-husband is found murdered, sparking a hunt for a missing rare book and a killer.
The Incident of the Book in the Nighttime | A Sherlock Holmes Bookshop Mystery, Book 10
ByVicki Delany
Genre: Suspense & Thriller |
Hardcover | 276 Pages |
GOOD READS RATINGS: 4.1
AMAZON:4.4
CONTENT WARNINGS
Publisher Blurb~
ABOUT: The Incident of the Book in the Nighttime
Gemma Doyle and her friends have packed their bags and headed to London for her sister Pippa’s wedding. Waiting for her in the hotel lobby is none other than Gemma’s ex-husband, Paul Erikson. Paul has a rare book he wants her to see—calling it “the real deal”—so Gemma agrees to meet him at their old shop, Trafalgar Fine Books, the following day. But when Gemma arrives, accompanied by Grant, a rare book dealer, they find Paul dead in his office.
Paul had been down on his luck, but Gemma never expected this. Had he borrowed money from people he shouldn’t have? And where is the valuable book he was so anxious for Gemma to see? It’s nowhere to be found in the shop. Because of their previous relationship, Gemma feels she owes something to Paul and vows to find his killer.
As Gemma and her best friend Jayne Wilson follow Paul’s trail of friends, enemies, clients, and ex-lovers through London to Yorkshire, she realizes the puzzle of Paul’s last days is more twisted than she originally thought.
This mystery is anything but elementary, and Gemma and Jayne have to use all their wit to get to the bottom of it before their time in London—or in life—is over.
A Curious Incident
4.7 on Amazon
There's A Murder Afoot
4.0 on Amazon
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RELEASE DATE | JANUARY 14
MLM glam, murder, and dark secrets. One woman dives into the pyramid scheme to save her friend and uncover the truth.
Death in the Downline
By Maria Abrams
Genre: Suspense & Thriller | Crime Fiction
Paperback | 304 Pages |
GOOD READS RATINGS: 3.6
AMAZON:4.1
CONTENT WARNINGS
Publisher Blurb~
ABOUT: Death in the Downline
It's multi-level murder in this darkly funny mystery novel about the glamorous world of MLM "huns"—and the dangerous secrets at the top of the pyramid.
Drew thought she was destined to become a star journalist in New York City. But now she's back in New Jersey, pushing thirty, newly single, and living with her father.
After a chance encounter, she reconnects with her former best friend, Steph, who married young and never left their hometown. But Steph looks . . . good. She's tanned, glowing, and only wears designer labels. Her secret? A skincare sales opportunity called LuminUS. With nothing left to lose, Drew gets sucked into this glamorous world of downlines, sales parties, and girls' trips.
But when a LuminUS distributor is found dead Drew must uncover the dark secret at the heart of the organization—and save her best friend—before it’s too late.
Gripping, wickedly funny, and a pitch-perfect skewering of pyramid schemes, Death in the Downline is a page-turner that will have readers cheering for Drew until the cathartic conclusion.
She Who Rules the Dead
Erotic Thriller/Horror
3.9 on Amazon
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RELEASE DATE | JANUARY 14
Retired judge, missing son, murder trial. Can he save his family and find justice, or will the system fail them all?
Presumed Guilty | Presumed Innocent, Book 3
By Scott Turow
Genre: Legal Thriller |Mystery
Hardcover | 544 Pages |
GOOD READS RATINGS: 4.5
AMAZON:4.6
CONTENT WARNINGS
Publisher Blurb~
ABOUT: Presumed Guilty
Rusty is a retired judge attempting a third act in life with a loving soon-to-be wife, Bea, with whom he shares both a restful home on an idyllic lake in the rural Midwest and a plaintive hope that this marriage will be his best, and his last. But the peace that’s taken Rusty so long to find evaporates when Bea’s young adult son, Aaron, living under their supervision while on probation for drug possession, disappears. If Aaron doesn’t return soon, he will be sent back to jail.
Aaron eventually turns up with a vague story about a camping trip with his troubled girlfriend, Mae, that ended in a fight and a long hitchhike home. Days later, when she still hasn’t returned, suspicion falls on Aaron, and when Mae is subsequently discovered dead, Aaron is arrested and set for trial on charges of first degree murder.
Faced with few choices and even fewer hopes, Bea begs Rusty to return to court one last time, to defend her son and to save their last best hope for happiness. For Rusty, the question is not whether to defend Aaron, or whether the boy is in fact innocent—it’s whether the system to which he has devoted his life can ever provide true justice for those who are presumed guilty.
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Presumed Innocent
4.3 on Amazon
RELEASE DATE | JANUARY 14
A missing mother, a long-held secret, and a body on the beach. Can a sheriff uncover the truth, or are some mysteries best left buried?
The Solace of Autumn|
ByMichael D. Pappas
Genre: Thriller |Mystery
Paperback| 269 Pages |
GOOD READS RATINGS: 4.4
AMAZON:4.4
CONTENT WARNINGS
Publisher Blurb~
ABOUT: The Solace of Autumn
Some mysteries are better left unsolved.
It’s October 1987, and life gets complicated for Sheriff Wade Thompson when he’s asked to assume guardianship over seventeen-year-old Lily, the daughter of his childhood best friend, Emma Parker, who disappeared just months after Lily was born.
With Lily now in his life, memories of Emma come rushing back, and Wade becomes obsessed with solving the mystery of her disappearance. When the body of a young woman is discovered on the beach of a nearby island, Wade convinces himself there’s a connection, and he decides to officially reopen an investigation into Emma’s case.
Wade suspects that Lily’s unknown father might be the man responsible, not only for Emma’s disappearance, but also for the woman on the beach. He’s determined to find the truth about Lily’s paternity and, ultimately, the truth about Emma. But the truth might not be something Wade is prepared to hear.
With Atlantic coastal beaches and tidewater marshes as a backdrop, the novel interweaves two timelines, recounting a friendship almost ruined by pride and jealousy, and lives forever changed by a mysterious disappearance.
The Solace of Autumn is a compelling, character-driven novel about time and place, love and loss, friends and family, and a mystery born from secrets.
The Solace of Autumn is Michael’s debut novel.
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RELEASE DATE | JANUARY 14
Her daughter's changed after the babysitter's death. Possession? Delusion? A mother's desperate fight to save her child.
The Business Trip |
By Jessie Garcia
Genre: Thriller |Mystery
Hardcover | 352 Pages |
GOOD READS RATINGS: 3.8
AMAZON:4.0
CONTENT WARNINGS
Publisher Blurb~
ABOUT: The Business Trip
Stephanie and Jasmine have nothing and everything in common. The two women don’t know each other but are on the same plane. Stephanie is on a business trip and Jasmine is fleeing an abusive relationship. After a few days, they text their friends the same exact messages about the same man—the messages becoming stranger and more erratic.
And then the two women vanish. The texts go silent, the red flags go up, and the panic sets in. When Stephanie and Jasmine are each declared missing and in danger, it begs the questions: Who is Trent McCarthy? What did he do to these women— or what did they do to him?
Twist upon twist, layer upon layer, where nothing is as it seems, The Business Trip takes you on a descent into the depths of a mastermind manipulator. But who is playing who?
The Business Trip is the author's first novel.
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RELEASE DATE | JANUARY 14
Cursed family, leaked videos, and a political scandal. Is Clara losing her mind, or is someone targeting the Wielands? The truth is deadly.
Vantage Point |
By Sara Sligar
Genre: Thriller |Mystery
Hardcover | 400 Pages |
GOOD READS RATINGS: 3.8
AMAZON:4.2
CONTENT WARNINGS
Publisher Blurb~
ABOUT: Vantage Point
The old-money Wieland family has it all―wealth, status, power. They’re also famously cursed.
Clara and her brother, Teddy, grew up on a small island in Maine in the shadow of their parents’ tragic deaths, haunted by rumors and paparazzi. Fourteen years later, they’ve mostly put their turbulent past to rest. Teddy has married Clara’s best friend, Jess, and the three of them have moved back home to take over the sprawling, remote family mansion known as Vantage Point.
Then Teddy decides to run for the Senate―an unnerving prospect made much worse when intimate videos of Clara are leaked online. The most frightening part is that she doesn't remember filming any of them. Are the videos real? Or are they deepfakes? Is someone trying to take down the Wielands once and for all?
Everyone thinks Clara is losing her grasp on reality. But she knows the truth: the videos are only the beginning. Years ago, the curse destroyed her parents. Now, it’s coming for her.
Take Me Apart
4.2 on Amazon
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"Succession meets Megan Abbott in this seductive, technological suspense about the dramatic downfall of one of America’s most affluent families."
RELEASE DATE | JANUARY 14
Unwed teens, a secret home, and forbidden power. Will these "wayward girls" escape their fate?
Witchcraft for Wayward Girls |
By Grady Hendrix
Genre: Suspenseful Thriller |Psychological Thriller
Hardcover | 496 Pages |
GOOD READS RATINGS: 4.2
AMAZON:4.4
CONTENT WARNINGS
Publisher Blurb~
ABOUT: Witchcraft for Wayward Girls
There’s power in a book…
They call them wayward girls. Loose girls. Girls who grew up too fast. And they’re sent to Wellwood House in St. Augustine, Florida, where unwed mothers are hidden by their families to have their babies in secret, to give them up for adoption, and most important of all, to forget any of it ever happened.
Fifteen-year-old Fern arrives at the home in the sweltering summer of 1970, pregnant, terrified and alone. Under the watchful eye of the stern Miss Wellwood, she meets a dozen other girls in the same predicament. There’s Rose, a hippie who insists she’s going to find a way to keep her baby and escape to a commune. And Zinnia, a budding musician who plans to marry her baby’s father. And Holly, a wisp of a girl, barely fourteen, mute and pregnant by no-one-knows-who.
Everything the girls eat, every moment of their waking day, and everything they’re allowed to talk about is strictly controlled by adults who claim they know what’s best for them. Then Fern meets a librarian who gives her an occult book about witchcraft, and power is in the hands of the girls for the first time in their lives. But power can destroy as easily as it creates, and it’s never given freely.
There’s always a price to be paid...and it’s usually paid in blood.
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How to Sell a Haunted House
4.2 on Amazon
RELEASE DATE | JANUARY 14
Husband missing, body found. The Marlow Murder Club dives into amateur dramatics, uncovering secrets and a killer lurking in the wings.
Murder on the Marlow Belle |
By Robert Thorogood
Genre: Suspenseful Thriller |Psychological Thriller
Hardcover | 496 Pages |
GOOD READS RATINGS: 4.1
AMAZON:4.5
CONTENT WARNINGS
Publisher Blurb~
ABOUT: Murder on the Marlow Belle
Verity Beresford is worried about her husband. Oliver didn’t come home last night so of course Verity goes straight to Judith Potts, Marlow’s resident amateur sleuth, for help. Oliver, founder of the Marlow Amateur Dramatic Society, had hired The Marlow Belle, a private pleasure cruiser, for an exclusive party with the MADS committee but no one remembers seeing him disembark. And then Oliver’s body washes up on the Thames with two bullet holes in him – it’s time for the Marlow Murder Club to leap into action.
Oliver was, by all accounts, a rather complicated chap with a reputation for bullying children during nativity play rehearsals, and he wasn’t short of enemies. Judith, Suzie, and Becks are convinced they’ll find his killer in no time. But things are not as they seem in the Marlow Amateur Dramatic Society, and this case is not so clear-cut after all. The gang will need to keep their wits about them to solve this case, otherwise a killer will walk free …
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How to Sell a Haunted House
4.2 on Amazon
RELEASE DATE | August 20
Grieving ex-cop returns to her father's reservation, where missing women, a haunting legend, and her own demons await.
Mask of the Deer Woman |
By Laurie L. Dove
Genre: Suspenseful Thriller |
Hardcover | 366 Pages |
GOOD READS RATINGS: 3.8
AMAZON:4.1
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Publisher Blurb~
ABOUT: Mask of the Deer Woman
At rock bottom following her daughter’s death, ex–Chicago detective Carrie Starr has nowhere to go but back to her roots. Starr’s father never talked much about the reservation where he was raised, but the tribe needs a new marshal as much as Starr needs a place to call home.
In the past decade, too many young women have disappeared from the rez. Some have ended up dead, others just…gone. Now local college student Chenoa Cloud is missing, and Starr falls into an investigation that leaves her drowning in memories of her daughter—the girl she failed to save.
Starr feels lost in this place she thought would welcome her. And when she catches a glimpse of a figure from her father’s stories, with the body of a woman and the antlers of a deer, Starr can’t shake the feeling that the fearsome spirit is watching her, following her.
What she doesn’t know is whether Deer Woman is here to guide her or to seek vengeance for the lost daughters that Starr can never bring home.
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Mask of the Deer Woman does seem to be the author's first novel.
RELEASE DATE | JANUARY 21
Ex's wedding, poisoned bride, and a charming suspect. Can a mystery author solve a real-life murder with her ex-fiance?
She Doesn't Have a Clue
By Jenny Elder Moke
Genre: Half Mystery| Half Romance Adult
Hardcover | 366 Pages |
GOOD READS RATINGS: 3.6
AMAZON:4.0
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Publisher Blurb~
ABOUT: She Doesn't Have a Clue
With a colorful cast of characters and a cellar full of wine, anything can happen―from murder to a second chance at love―in Jenny Elder Moke's half mystery, half romance adult debut set at a lavish destination wedding.
A high-end wedding on a private island off the coast of Seattle sounds like something out of a magazine. But for bestselling mystery author Kate Valentine, it’s more like a nightmare.
Why Kate agreed to attend her ex-fiancé’s wedding is its own enigma, but she’ll plaster on a fake smile for two nights, with the aid of free champagne, naturally. And because the groom happens to be her editor, she’ll try to finish a draft of her latest Loretta Starling mystery as a wedding gift. But when the bride is poisoned and Kate stumbles across a dead body, she finds herself in a real-life mystery that eerily echoes the plot of her latest novel. And the only person who seems willing to help Kate catch the killer is Jake Hawkins, aka: the Hostralian; aka: Kate’s biggest romantic regret.
As the wine flows and the weather threatens to hold every guest hostage, bitter resentments and long-held grudges surface amongst the colorful crowd. Anyone could be capable of murder, it seems. What would Loretta do? Unfortunately, Kate doesn’t have a clue.
Other Books by this author:
Samantha Knox:
Curse of the Specter, Queen Book 4.3 on Amazon
Rise of the Snake Goddess, Book 2 4.3 on Amazon
RELEASE DATE | JANUARY 21
Grandma B's dying wish forces King to confront his past and find his estranged, possibly innocent, father, a man in hiding.
By Walter Mosley
Genre: Mystery| Thriller | Suspense
Hardcover | 336 Pages |
Been Wrong So Long It Feels Like Right | King Oliver, Book 3
GOOD READS RATINGS: 4.4
AMAZON:4.5
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ABOUT: Been Wrong So Long It Feels Like Right
Joe King Oliver’s beloved Grandma B has found a tumor, and at her age, treatment is high-risk. She’s lived life fully and without regrets, and now has only a single, dying wish: to see her long-lost son. King has been estranged from his father, Chief Odin Oliver, since he was a young boy.
He swore to never speak to the man again when he was taken away in handcuffs.
But now, Grandma B’s pure ask has opened King’s heart, and through his hunt, he gains a deeper understanding of his father as a complicated, righteous man—a man defined by women, a man protected by women, a man he wants to know. Although Chief was released from prison years ago, he’s been living underground ever since.
Now, King must not only find his father, but prove his innocence, and protect the future of his entire family.
Other Books by this author:
Down the River unto the Sea, Book 1
4.3 on Amazon
Every Man a King, Book 2
4.2 on Amazon
RELEASE DATE | JANUARY 28
Tech CEO murdered, billions at stake. Can a "problem solver" outsmart Silicon Valley's elite and seize a deadly opportunity?
By Jakob Kerr
Dead Money
Genre: Mystery, Thriller, | Suspense, Fiction
Hardcover | 416 Pages |
GOOD READS RATINGS: 4.3
AMAZON:4.4
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ABOUT: Dead Money
Don’t call me a fixer. This isn’t HBO.
In her job as unofficial “problem solver” for Silicon Valley’s most ruthless venture capitalist, Mackenzie Clyde’s gotten used to playing for high stakes. Even if none of those tech-bro millions she’s so good at wrangling ever make it into her pockets.
But this time, she’s in way over her head—or so it seems.
The lightning-rod CEO of tech’s hottest startup has just been murdered, leaving behind billions in “dead money” frozen in his will. As the company’s chief investor, Mackenzie’s boss has a fortune on the line—and with the police treading water, it’s up to Mackenzie to step up and resolve things, fast.
Mackenzie’s a lawyer, not a detective. Cracking this fiendishly clever killing, with its list of suspects that reads like a who’s-who of Valley power players, should be way out of her league.
Except that Mackenzie’s used to being underestimated. In fact, she’s counting on it.
Because the way she sees it, this isn’t an investigation. It’s an opportunity. And she’ll do anything it takes to seize it.
Anything at all.
Featuring jaw-dropping twists and a wily, outsider heroine you can’t help rooting for, Dead Money is a brilliant sleight-of-hand mystery.
Written by a longtime insider, it is also a dead-on snapshot of the Valley’s rich and famous—and a glimpse at the darkness lurking
behind the tech world’s cheery facade.
Other Books by this author:
Dead Money is his first novel.
RELEASE DATE | JANUARY 28
A powerful tycoon's murder case entangles an ADA with her ex-lover, a tangled web of lies, and a dangerous secret.
Fractured Verdict
By L.T. Ryan & by Laura Chase
Genre: Mystery, Thriller, | Suspense, Fiction
Hardcover | 328 Pages |
GOOD READS RATINGS: 4.5
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ABOUT: Fractured Verdict, Alex Hayes Legal Thrillers- Book 1
Assistant District Attorney Alex Hayes has spent years fighting for justice, but when Edward Martin—a powerful real estate tycoon—is accused of murdering his wife, the case is far from open and shut. Tasked with prosecuting Martin in a trial that could make or break her career, Alex discovers that the truth is anything but straightforward. The deeper she digs, the more tangled the web of lies becomes.
Facing off against her former lover, the ruthless defense attorney Michael Donovan, Alex is forced to battle not only the tricks of the courtroom but also the ghosts of her past. When a shocking connection between Martin and her estranged father’s ex-partner comes to light, Alex realizes the stakes are personal—and the lines between guilt and innocence begin to blur.
In a world where everyone has something to hide, and justice is just another game to be played, Alex must decide how far she’s willing to go to expose the truth. As the trial spirals toward its climactic verdict, Alex finds herself caught between the law, her loyalty, and a dangerous secret that could destroy everything.
When the scales of justice shatter, who will pay the price?
Other Books by this author:
RELEASE DATE | JANUARY 28
Genius FBI agents hunt a killer leaving riddles, but the hunter becomes the hunted. Can they solve the puzzle before it's too late?
Head Cases
By John McMahon
Genre: Suspenseful Thriller |
Hardcover | 352 Pages |
GOOD READS RATINGS: 4.2
AMAZON:4.4
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ABOUT: Head Cases
FBI Agent Gardner Camden is an analytical genius with an affinity for puzzles. He also has a blind spot on the human side of investigations, a blindness that sometimes even includes people in his own life, like his beloved seven-year-old daughter Camila. Gardner and his squad of brilliant yet quirky agents make up the Patterns and Recognition (PAR) unit, the FBI’s hidden edge, brought in for cases that no one else can solve.
When DNA links a murder victim to a serial killer long presumed dead, the team springs into action. A second victim establishes a pattern, and the murderer begins leaving a trail of clues and riddles especially for Gardner.
And while the PAR team is usually relegated to working cold cases from behind a desk, the investigation puts them on the road and into the public eye, following in the footsteps of a killer.
Other Books by this author:
A P.T. Marsh Series
The Good Detective, Book 1
4.1 on Amazon
The Evil Men Do, Book 2
4.3 on Amazon
A Good Kill, Book 3
4.5 on Amazon
RELEASE DATE | JANUARY 28
Strangers linked by loss seek a mysterious woman across continents. Is she predator, or something far more sinister, and what will she do to survive?
By Susan Barker
Old Soul
Genre: Literary Horror| Suspense, Fiction
Hardcover | 352 Pages |
GOOD READS RATINGS: 3.9
AMAZON:4.3
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ABOUT: Old Soul
In Osaka, two strangers, Jake and Mariko, miss a flight, and over dinner, discover they've both brutally lost loved ones whose paths crossed with the same beguiling woman no one has seen since.
Following traces this mysterious person left behind, Jake travels from country to country gathering chilling testimonies from others who encountered her across the decades—a trail of shattered souls that eventually leads him to Theo, a dying sculptor in rural New Mexico, who knows the woman better than anyone—and might just hold the key to who, or what, she is.
Part horror, part western, part thriller, Old Soul is a fearlessly bold and genre-defying tale about predation, morality and free will, and one man’s quest to bring a centuries-long chain of human devastation to an end.
Other Books by this author:
The Incarnations 4.0 on Amazon
RELEASE DATE | JANUARY 28
Murder, secrets, and a shared past ignite when a small-town lawyer and her son defend a family against shocking accusations.
By Kristin Koval
Penitence
Genre: Murder Thriller |
Hardcover | 320 Pages |
GOOD READS RATINGS: 4.1
AMAZON:4.4
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ABOUT: Penitence
When a shocking murder occurs in the home of Angie and David Sheehan, their lives are shattered. Desperate to defend their family, they turn to small-town lawyer Martine Dumont for help, but Martine isn’t just legal counsel―she’s also the mother of Angie’s first love, Julian, a now-successful New York City criminal defense attorney.
As Julian and Angie confront their shared past and long-buried guilt from a tragic accident years ago, they must navigate their own culpability and the unresolved feelings between them.
Other Books by this author:
Penitence is Kristin Koval's first novel.
RELEASE DATE | JANUARY 28
Murder, past loves, and buried guilt collide. Can a small-town lawyer and her son uncover the truth and find redemption?
True crime podcaster's anonymous confessions turn deadly when a "guest" claims to be her mother's killer—a killer Poe knows is already dead.
By Carter Wilson
Tell Me What You Did
Genre: Mystery, Thriller, | Suspense, Fiction
Paperback| 448 Pages |
GOOD READS RATINGS: 4.1
AMAZON:4.2
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ABOUT: Tell Me What You Did
She gets people to confess their crimes for a living. He knows she's hiding a terrible secret. It's time for the truth to come out...
Poe Webb, host of a popular true crime podcast, invites people to anonymously confess crimes they've committed to her audience. She can't guarantee the police won't come after her "guests," but her show grants simultaneous anonymity and instant fame―a potent combination that's proven difficult to resist.
After an episode recording, Poe usually erases both criminal and crime from her mind.
But when a strange and oddly familiar man appears on her show, Poe is forced to take a second look. Not only because he claims to be her mother's murderer from years ago, but because Poe knows something no one else does. Her mother's murderer is dead.
Poe killed him.
Other Books by this author:
The Dead Husband: A Domestic Thriller
4.1 on Amazon
The Dead Girl in 2A 4.1 on Amazon
RELEASE DATE | JANUARY 28
Pregnant, alone, and stranded in a blizzard, a woman finds refuge, but her safe haven hides a deadly secret.
By Freda McFadden
The Crash
Genre: Mystery, Thriller, | Suspense, Fiction
Hardcover | 384 Pages |
GOOD READS RATINGS: 3.8
AMAZON:4.2
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ABOUT: The Crash
The nightmare she’s running from is nothing compared to where she’s headed.
Tegan is eight months pregnant, alone, and desperately wants to put her crumbling life in the rearview mirror. So she hits the road, planning to stay with her brother until she can figure out her next move. But she doesn’t realize she’s heading straight into a blizzard.
She never arrives at her destination.
Stranded in rural Maine with a dead car and broken ankle, Tegan worries she’s made a terrible mistake. Then a miracle she is rescued by a couple who offers her a room in their warm cabin until the snow clears.
But something isn’t right. Tegan believed she was waiting out the storm, but as time ticks by, she comes to realize she is in grave danger. This safe haven isn’t what she thought it was, and staying here may have been her most deadly mistake yet.
And now she must do whatever it takes to save herself—and her unborn child.
Other Books by this author:
The Coworker 4.1 on Amazon
The Housemaid 4.5 on Amazon
RELEASE DATE | JANUARY 28
RELEASE DATE | JANUARY 28
Desperate widow moves into a mansion with her new beau, only to uncover dark family secrets and a terrifying trap.
By Trisha Sakhlecha
The Family Inside
Genre: Mystery, Thriller, | Suspense, Fiction
Hardcover | 384 Pages |
GOOD READS RATINGS: 3.9
AMAZON:4.0
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ABOUT: The Family Inside
It takes a special family to turn a home into a nightmare.
Since her husband’s unsolved murder three years ago, Iris Blodgett’s life has unraveled. Awash in grief and buried in debt, she can’t pay her mortgage—and now that she’s lost her job, she has no idea how she’ll provide for her unruly teenage daughter, Ellory.
Facing eviction, Iris turns to her new beau, prominent architect Hugh Smoll, for a shoulder to cry on. But the seemingly perfect Hugh offers her something more: an invitation to move in to his mother’s centuries-old mansion while he renovates the property.
It seems like the perfect solution, but when Iris and Ellory arrive at Ravencliff, the family inside isn’t quite what they expected. Iris didn’t even know Hugh had siblings, much less that they’d all be living together.
With repairs underway, the house gives up its dark secrets one by one. Before long, Iris unearths a chilling family history—and the terrifying reason she and Ellory were invited in the first place…
Other Books by this author:
The Night It Ended 3.8 on Amazon
RELEASE DATE | JANUARY 28
Luxury reunion, family secrets, and deadly greed. Who will survive this island getaway, and what lies will be revealed?
By Trisha Sakhlecha
The Inheritance
Genre: Mystery, Thriller, | Suspense, Fiction
Hardcover | 352 Pages |
GOOD READS RATINGS: 3.9
AMAZON:4.2
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ABOUT: The Inheritance
Most family reunions end in tears. This one will end in murder.
Meet the Agarwals, who have gathered on a private, luxury island off the west coast of Scotland for a much-anticipated family reunion.
Raj, the patriarch and a business tycoon, is about to announce to his wife and three children the succession plan for his multimillon-dollar Delhi-based company. Shalini, the fragile matriarch, is ready to have her husband to herself after years of sacrifice to the family business. Myra, the golden child, owner of the island and host of the reunion, is, unbeknownst to her family, on the brink of bankruptcy. Aseem, the son and supposed heir, is torn between his love for his wife and his duty to family. Aisha, the youngest, a party girl whose antics are legendary, can’t pass up an opportunity to wreak havoc.
And then there’s Zoe, Aseem’s wife, the outsider whose #InstaPerfect life is built on a foundation of lies.
They’ve all got secrets they would die to protect. Who will survive this high-stakes reunion, and who will become a victim of their own greed? One thing is certain: this family gathering will shatter more than just their illusions of unity.
Other Books by this author:
Can You See Me Now? 4.1 on Amazon
Your Truth or Mine? 3.8 on Amazon
RELEASE DATE | JANUARY 28
On the run with a bounty on his head, a former Wall Street star must unravel a conspiracy linking his lost love to Russian oligarchs.
By Joseph Finder
The Oligarch's Daughter
Genre: Mystery, Thriller, | Suspense, Fiction
Hardcover |448 Pages |
GOOD READS RATINGS: 4.2
AMAZON:4.4
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ABOUT: The Oligarch's Daughter
Paul Brightman is a man on the run, living under an assumed name in a small New England town with a million-dollar bounty on his head. When his security is breached, Paul is forced to flee into the New Hampshire wilderness to evade Russian operatives who can seemingly predict his every move.
Six years ago, Paul was a rising star on Wall Street who fell in love with a beautiful photographer named Tatyana—unaware that her father was a Russian oligarch and the object of considerable interest from several U.S. intelligence agencies. Now, to save his own life, Paul must unravel a decades-old conspiracy that extends to the highest reaches of the government.
Rivaling the classic spy novels of the Cold War, The Oligarch’s Daughter is built for the frightening world we live in now.
Other Books by this author:
Judgment 4.3 on Amazon
Vanished 4.1 on Amazon
RELEASE DATE | JANUARY 28
Sibling rivalry, a mysterious death, and a con man. Can Hazel and Kagan overcome their past and reclaim their stolen fortune?
By Elizabeth McCullough Keenan and Greg Wands
Trust Issues
Genre: Mystery, Thriller, | Suspense, Fiction
Paperback| 336 Pages |
GOOD READS RATINGS: 3.9
AMAZON:4.4
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ABOUT: Trust Issues
Siblings Hazel and Kagan Bailey haven’t been close for a long time, but when their mother passes under mysterious circumstances an investigation quickly follows, and the siblings are high on the list of possible suspects. As they deal with the emotional tragedy of losing their only living parent, brother and sister are forced to team up against a master con man—someone they once called “family”.
After the silver-tongued trickster disappears with the family fortune, Hazel and Kagan must put aside their differences to track him down. Along the way, they encounter a host of secrets, lies, and double-crosses as they dive into the murky waters of their family’s past. With an unlikely ally by their side, the siblings race against time, unraveling a web of deceit that’s more tangled than they ever imagined.
Other Books by this author:
Greg Wands wrote in collaboration with Fiona Davis on the novel The Gimlet Slip.
RELEASE DATE | JANUARY 28
Grief, guilt, and a terrifying conspiracy. A mother must protect her daughter from fanatics obsessed with a doomsday prophecy.
By Alison Gaylin
We Are Watching
Genre: Psychological Suspense |
Hardcover| 336 Pages |
GOOD READS RATINGS: 3.8
AMAZON:4.0
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ABOUT: We Are Watching
Sometimes the world is out to get you.
Meg Russo was behind the wheel when it happened. She and her husband Justin were driving their daughter Lily to Ithaca College, the family celebrating the eighteen-year-old music prodigy’s future. Then a car swerved up beside them, the young men inside it behaving bizarrely—and Meg lost control of her own vehicle. The family road trip turned into a tragedy. Justin didn’t survive the accident.
Four months later, Meg works to distract herself from her grief and guilt, reopening her small local bookstore. But soon after she returns to work, bizarre messages and visitors begin to arrive, with strangers threatening Meg and Lily in increasingly terrifying ways. They are obsessed with a young adult novel titled The Prophesy, which was published thirty years earlier. An online group of believers are convinced that it heralds the apocalypse, and social media posts link the book—and Meg’s reclusive musician father—to Satanism. These conspiracy theorists vow to seek revenge on The Prophesy’s author...Meg.
As the threats turn violent, Meg begins to suspect that Justin’s death may not have been an accident. To find answers and save her daughter, her father, and herself, Meg must get to the root of these dangerous lies—and find a way to face the believers head-on … before it’s too late.
Other Books by this author:
Robert B. Parker's Bad Influence
4.4 on Amazon
RELEASE DATE | JANUARY 28
February
Lillian, a detective, is framed for murder. Her assistant must uncover the real killer among a cast of suspicious characters in 1947 New York.
By Stephen Spotswood
Dead in the Frame | A Pentecost and Parker Mystery
Genre: Historical Thriller|
Hardcover| 384 Pages |
GOOD READS RATINGS: 4.5
AMAZON:4.4
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ABOUT: Dead in the Frame
NEW YORK CITY, 1947: Wealthy financier and ghoulish connoisseur of crime, Jessup Quincannon, is dead, and famed detective Lillian Pentecost is under arrest for his murder. Means, motive, and a mountain of evidence leave everyone believing she’s guilty. Everyone, that is, except Willowjean “Will” Parker, who knows for a fact her boss is innocent. She just doesn’t know if she can prove it.
With Lillian locked away in the House of D—New York City’s infamous women’s prison—Will is left to root out the real killer. Was it a member of Quincannon’s murder-obsessed Black Museum Club? Maybe it was his jilted lover? Or his beautiful, certainly-sociopathic bodyguard? And what about the mob hit-man who just happened to disappear after the shots were fired?
Other Books by this author:
Fortune Favors the Dead, Book One
4.4 on Amazon
Murder Under Her Skin
4.8 on Amazon
RELEASE DATE | FEBRUARY 4
Enslaved teen, grieving sister, forbidden love. A desperate act unleashes spirits and dark secrets, forcing Junie to fight for freedom.
By Peter Golden
Junie
Genre: Historical Thriller|
Hardcover| 368 Pages |
GOOD READS RATINGS: 4.4
AMAZON:4.6
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ABOUT: Junie
Sixteen years old and enslaved since she was born, Junie has spent her life on Bellereine Plantation in Alabama, cooking and cleaning alongside her family, and tending to the white master’s daughter, Violet. Her daydreams are filled with poetry and faraway worlds, while she spends her nights secretly roaming through the forest, consumed with grief over the sudden death of her older sister, Minnie.
When wealthy guests arrive from New Orleans, hinting at marriage for Violet and upending Junie’s life, she commits a desperate act—one that rouses Minnie’s spirit from the grave, tethered to this world unless Junie can free her. She enlists the aid of Caleb, the guests’ coachman, and their friendship soon becomes something more. Yet as long-held truths begin to crumble, she realizes Bellereine is harboring dark and horrifying secrets that can no longer be ignored.
With time ticking down, Junie begins to push against the harsh current that has controlled her entire life. As she grapples with an increasingly unfamiliar world in which she has little control, she is forced to ask herself: When we choose love and liberation, what must we leave behind?
Other Books by this author:
RELEASE DATE | FEBRUARY 4
Kennedy's ambition, a reporter's quest for truth. Their intertwined paths reveal dark secrets behind the glittering facade of 1960s America.
By Peter Golden
Their Shadows Deep
Genre: Historical Thriller|
Paperback| 383 Pages |
GOOD READS RATINGS: 4.1
AMAZON:4.2
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ABOUT: Their Shadows Deep
In 1960, Senator John F. Kennedy makes a historic run for the White House. Despite concerns about his Catholicism, Kennedy’s outward charm is winning the country over, but his inner demons are putting his candidacy in danger and risk destroying his political career.
That same year, Caitlin Russo, a former cop turned reporter, is devoting her skills to finding her husband’s killer. His job as a CIA operative posed its fair share of risks, but when Caitlin discovers his notes about the case that led to his death, she knows there’s more to the story than simple tragedy.
As Caitlin and Kennedy search for the people responsible for upending their lives, some ugly truths about American politics and foreign affairs come to light, and Caitlin finds herself in a web of deceit and shattered hopes, realizing that heroes aren’t always who they seem.
Other Books by this author:
Comeback Love
3.9 on Amazon
Nothing Is Forgotten
4.5 on Amazon
RELEASE DATE | FEBRUARY 4
Husband vanishes, family lost in the wilderness. One woman's desperate search unearths dark secrets and hidden truths about her marriage.
By Tamara L. Miller
Into the Fall
Genre: Psychological thriller |
Paperback| 353 Pages |
GOOD READS RATINGS: 3.8
AMAZON:4.0
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ABOUT: Into the Fall
For better or for worse, Sarah Anderson has it all: a thriving career, a nice home in Ottawa, two young kids…and a marriage coming apart at the seams.
Then her husband, Matthew, vanishes without a trace during a family vacation up north. Sarah and her children are nearly lost among the slumbering lakes, treacherous cliffs, and brooding forests of the Canadian Shield. A glacier-scraped realm of ancient beauty and terror, it’s a world away from the safety of the suburbs. And a big storm is brewing.
A kind rural lawman comes to their aid and takes an interest in the case. The trail goes cold, however, launching Sarah into a yearlong odyssey to find her husband. On the way, she must reconnect with her estranged sister and duck the suspicions of a slick city police officer. But that’s nothing compared to unearthing the dark secrets buried deep in the granite of her marriage―and in herself.
Other Books by this author:
Into the Fall is Tamara L. Miller's first novel.
RELEASE DATE | FEBRUARY 4
Whirlwind romance turns sinister at an isolated retreat. A forgotten past, threatening messages, and deadly secrets. Will she survive the Daltons?
By Kate Alice Marshall
A Killing Cold
Genre: Suspense, Thriller|
Paperback| 304 Pages |
GOOD READS RATINGS: 3.9
AMAZON:4.3
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ABOUT: A Killing Cold
A whirlwind romance.
When Theodora Scott met Connor―wealthy, charming, and a member of the powerful Dalton family―she fell in love in an instant. Six months later, he’s brought her to Idlewood, his family’s isolated winter retreat, to win over his skeptical relatives.
Stay away from Connor Dalton.
Theo has tried to ignore the threatening messages on her phone, but she can’t ignore the footprints in the snow outside the cabin window or the strange sense of familiarity she has about this place. Then, in a disused cabin, Theo finds something impossible: a photo of herself as a child. A photo taken at Idlewood.
I’ve been here before.
Theo has almost no recollection of her earliest years, but now she begins to piece together the fragments of her memories. Someone here has a shocking secret that they will do anything to keep hidden, and Theo is in terrible danger. Because the Daltons do not lose, and discovering what happened at Idlewood may cost Theo everything.
Other Books by this author:
I Am Still Alive
4.4 on Amazon
What Lies in the Woods
4.2 on Amazon
RELEASE DATE | FEBRUARY 4
Brother vanished, decades of mystery. Deputy on leave, new clues emerge. Will the truth finally be revealed?
By Joshua Moehling
A Long Time Gone| Ben Packard, Book 3
Genre: Suspense, Thriller|
Hardback| 336 Pages |
GOOD READS RATINGS: 4.4
AMAZON:4.7
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ABOUT: A Long Time Gone, Ben Packard, Book 3
It's time to put the past to rest…
Ben Packard was just a boy when his older brother disappeared. Ben watched him walk out the back door of their grandparents' house and into the cold night.
His brother was never seen again.
Decades later, Deputy Packard finds himself with too much time on his hands. A shooting has him on leave and under investigation, and all he can do is dwell on the past. For the first time in years, new information about his brother has surfaced that may lead them to the location of a body.
The midwinter ground is frozen solid. Worse, Packard is cut off from department resources. As he strikes out to finally uncover the truth behind his brother's disappearance, he stumbles on a separate, suspicious death. A tenuous connection exists between the two cases, and as Packard starts to dig, he meets fierce resistance from friends and foes alike who want him to stand down.
The winter is long and cold. By the end of it, Packard will risk everything to catch a killer and reveal the shocking truth about his brother.
Other Books by this author:
And There He Kept Her
4.2 on Amazon
Where the Dead Sleep
4.3 on Amazon
RELEASE DATE | FEBRUARY 4
A fatal accident forces two sisters to choose: confess to killing an abusive husband or bury the body and trust a childhood friend with their dark secret.
By William Boyle
Saint of the Narrows Street |
Genre: Crime Fiction |
Hardcover| 448 Pages |
GOOD READS RATINGS: 4.2
AMAZON:4.3
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ABOUT: Saint of the Narrows Street
Gravesend, Brooklyn, 1986: Risa Franzone lives in a ground-floor apartment on Saint of the Narrows Street with her bad-seed husband, Saverio, and their eight-month-old baby, Fabrizio.
On the night Risa's younger sister, Giulia, moves in to recover from a bad breakup, a fateful accident occurs: Risa, boiled over with anger and fear, strikes a drunk, erratic Sav with a cast-iron pan, killing him on the spot.
The sisters are left with a choice: notify the authorities and make a case for self-defense, or bury the man's body and go on with their lives as best they can. In a moment of panic, in the late hours of the night, they call upon Sav's childhood friend—the sweet, loyal Christopher "Chooch" Gardini—to help them, hoping they can trust him to carry a secret like this.
Other Books by this author:
A Friend Is a Gift You Give Yourself
4.0 on Amazon
Death Don't Have No Mercy
4.4 on Amazon
RELEASE DATE | FEBRUARY 4
Two women, centuries-old curse. One loses her mind, the other seeks justice. Their fates intertwine in a dark, haunted history.
By Charlotte Carter
Beauty in the Blood
Genre: Mystery Thriller|
Paperback|288 Pages |
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ABOUT: Beauty in the Blood
A curse rolls out over centuries, murky and unknowable as swamp waters, shaping and destroying lives.
Sarah Toomey is a successful young black lawyer, lovely but straitlaced– and afraid that she is losing her mind. Since the death of her mother, a force she can neither understand nor control is manipulating her memory and driving her to unexplained acts of violence and destruction. At the same time, Sarah is swept up in a highly charged relationship with a work colleague that portends a danger of its own. As she moves through her privileged life in New York, Sarah comes to learn how her past—her haunted history—is intertwined with America’s.
Yvonne Howard was born into the working class. Now, after years as a prison guard, she has reinvented herself. Her passion for cooking has landed her a position at a trendy soul food restaurant, and she is looking forward to a glamorous career. Then an ex-inmate named Bitty appears, demanding Yvonne’s help investigating her brother’s shocking death. Before long, Bitty too is dead, and Yvonne is pulled back into a world of ugly violence. Smart but unschooled, Yvonne finds herself in the unlikely role of detective: it is she who must unravel the dark and blood-soaked history that not only doomed Bitty and her brother, but also determined beautiful Sarah Toomey’s fate.
Other Books by this author:
Rhode Island Red -A Nanette Hayes Mystery Series
4.0 on Amazon
Jackson Park
4.5 on Amazon
RELEASE DATE | FEBRUARY 11
Reality star marries into wealth, then becomes a murder suspect. Locked in a mansion, she must expose the family's dark secrets to survive.
By Anna Sophia McLoughlin
A Girl Like Us|
Genre: Suspense Thriller|
Hardback| 432 Pages |
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ABOUT: A Girl Like Us
It's 2004 and former reality TV star and party girl Maya Miller has just married the most eligible bachelor on the planet: Colin Sterling, of the globally famous Sterling family whose history of aristocratic titles and land holdings rival a British royal and whose media empire is comparable to the Murdochs. To some, Maya represents the American dream. To others, a gold digger. But when Colin's cousin Arianna, the heiress to the family's immense fortune, is found murdered, Maya is thrust into the spotlight: first as she is revealed to be the next heiress to the fortune, and then as the prime suspect.
Swiftly, the entire Sterling family goes into lockdown at Silver House, the family's ancestral estate in the English countryside. They're told it's for their own safety―but Maya becomes convinced that it's not to keep threats out, but to keep secrets in. Now, she has no choice but to find and expose the truth hidden within the Sterling family, and why Arianna, a girl she had never met, chose her to take her place. But Maya has secrets of her own. And she knows that in order to survive the Sterlings, she'll have to beat them at their own game.
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RELEASE DATE | FEBRUARY 11
A new highway threatens a small town, igniting greed, murder, and a sheriff's reopened cold case, creating a deadly roller coaster ride.
By Jo Nesbo
Blood Ties
Genre: Mystery Thriller|
Hardback| 384 Pages |
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ABOUT: Blood Ties
By all accounts, Carl and Roy Opgard are doing quite well for themselves. Or at least they’re doing as well as can be expected in a small town like Os. Carl manages the area’s swanky and successful spa and hotel, while Roy runs a nearby gas station and harbors grand plans to build it out into an entire amusement park, complete with a roller coaster. But when news breaks about a new highway to be built nearby, bypassing Os and leaving the town cutoff and isolated, it’s clear that something has to be done . . . even if the methods are bound to be dirty. Fortunately, Carl and Roy have experience with just that kind of work.
Meanwhile, the town sheriff has gotten his hands on new technology that will enable him to take a deeper look at a slate of unsolved murders from years past—including that of his own father. And just as the sheriff reopens his investigation, the death toll begins to climb. It’s like Roy says about his roller coaster: “Once it’s rolling, it’s too late to get off.”
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Killing Moon
4.4 on Amazon
The Snowman
4.3 on Amazon
RELEASE DATE | FEBRUARY 11
Writing retreat turns deadly when a guest is murdered. Trapped on an island, can Mila outwit a killer who knows every thriller trope?
By Ande Pliego
You Are Fatally Invited |
Genre: Mystery Thriller|
Hardback| 384 Pages |
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ABOUT: You Are Fatally Invited
When renowned anonymous author J. R. Alastor hires former aspiring writer Mila del Angél to host a writing retreat at his private manor off the coast of Maine, she jumps at the chance—particularly since she has an axe to grind with one of the invitees. The guest list? Six thriller authors, all masters of deceit, misdirection, and mayhem.
Confess the crimes, survive the tropes.
Alastor and Mila have masterminded a week of games, trope-fueled riddles, and maybe a jump scare or two—the perfect cover for Mila to plot a murder of her own. But when a guest turns up dead—and it’s not the murder she planned—Mila finds herself trapped in a different narrative altogether.
One by one, you’ll lose your turn.
With a storm isolating the island, and the body count rising, Mila must outwit a killer who knows literally every trick in the book.
Until only one of us remains . . .
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RELEASE DATE | FEBRUARY 11
Five female crime writers form a secret society to solve a real murder, but their investigation uncovers dangerous secrets and puts one of them in the killer's sights.
By Marie Benedict
The Queens of Crime
Genre: Historical Mystery|
Hardback| 320 Pages |
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ABOUT: The Queens of Crime
London, 1930. The five greatest women crime writers have banded together to form a secret society with a single goal: to show they are no longer willing to be treated as second class citizens by their male counterparts in the legendary Detection Club. Led by the formidable Dorothy L. Sayers, the group includes Agatha Christie, Ngaio Marsh, Margery Allingham and Baroness Emma Orczy. They call themselves the Queens of Crime. Their plan? Solve an actual murder, that of a young woman found strangled in a park in France who may have connections leading to the highest levels of the British establishment.
May Daniels, a young English nurse on an excursion to France with her friend, seemed to vanish into thin air as they prepared to board a ferry home. Months later, her body is found in the nearby woods. The murder has all the hallmarks of a locked room mystery for which these authors are famous: how did her killer manage to sneak her body out of a crowded train station without anyone noticing? If, as the police believe, the cause of death is manual strangulation, why is there is an extraordinary amount of blood at the crime scene? What is the meaning of a heartbreaking secret letter seeming to implicate an unnamed paramour? Determined to solve the highly publicized murder, the Queens of Crime embark on their own investigation, discovering they’re stronger together. But soon the killer targets Dorothy Sayers herself, threatening to expose a dark secret in her past that she would do anything to keep hidden.
Inspired by a true story in Sayers’ own life, New York Times bestselling author Marie Benedict brings to life the lengths to which five talented women writers will go to be taken seriously in the male-dominated world of letters as they unpuzzle a mystery torn from the pages of their own novels.
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The Personal Librarian
4.5 on Amazon
The Other Einstein
4.3 on Amazon
RELEASE DATE | FEBRUARY 11
Small town, big secrets. A survivor's nightmare returns, and a missing husband's secrets entwine with a stalker's deadly game.
By Seraphina Nova Glass
Nothing Ever Happens Here|
Genre: Suspense, Thriller|
Hardback| 336 Pages |
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ABOUT: Nothing Ever Happens Here
Nothing ever happens in small towns…
When Shelby Dawson survives a harrowing attack that should have left her dead, she tries to move past it—for herself, and for her family. Fifteen months later, with the help of her best friend, Mackenzie, she finally feels safe again in the snowy Minnesota town she calls home. But when an anonymous note appears on her windshield bearing the same threats her attacker made, Shelby realizes that her nightmare has only just begun.
As new evidence surfaces, and a group of well-meaning senior citizens accidentally makes the case go viral online, the situation quickly goes from bad to worse. And with suspicious accidents targeting those closest to her happening all over town, Shelby can’t shake the feeling that she’s being watched. Fighting to stay one step ahead of disaster, she finds herself asking the question on everyone’s lips: Who attacked her that night?
But Shelby isn’t the only one with questions. Mackenzie’s husband, Leo, vanished without a trace on that terrible night, and over a year later, no one knows why. Until a deep dive into his finances reveals a history of debts, mismanaged funds, and hidden accounts—one of which is still active. Their suspicion that Leo is still alive only complicates things further, though, and when another person connected to Shelby goes missing, she’s caught in a race against time before her attacker becomes a killer.
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The Vanishing Hour
4.2 on Amazon
On a Quiet Street
4.3 on Amazon
RELEASE DATE | FEBRUARY 11
Stranded in Antarctica after a nuclear war, a scientist fights for survival, only to discover she's not alone in the frozen darkness.
By R.S. Burnett
Whiteout|
Genre: Suspense, Thriller|
Hardback| 352 Pages |
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It’s been four months since glaciologist Rachael Beckett left her husband and daughter to join an urgent research trip to a remote field station deep in the Antarctic. But after losing all communication with her crew at base camp, she’s trapped and alone – and running out of supplies. The only information she has about what’s gone so catastrophically wrong is an emergency radio broadcast playing on a loop: a nuclear war has broken out, and Rachael might be the last survivor on Earth.
Abandoned and starving, all she has left is a fierce determination to stay alive in the extreme cold and perpetual darkness of the polar winter. The research she’s gathered about catastrophic climate damage means she holds the fate of the continent and the world in her grasp…if there’s even a world left to save.
Struggling with loneliness and grief over the unknown fate of her family back home, Rachael knows both her life and her sanity balance on a knife edge. As she battles to stay alive in unimaginable conditions, she soon discovers she’s not completely alone in the dark and cold–but she might wish she was…
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Whiteout is R.S. Burnett's first novel.
RELEASE DATE | FEBRUARY 11
Pregnant detective investigates a disturbing assault in her hidden sanctuary town, uncovering secrets and a frozen body in the storm-covered forest.
Cold as Hell Haven's Rock | Book, 3
Genre: Suspense, Thriller|
Hardback| 352 Pages |
By Kelley Armstrong
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Haven’s Rock is a sanctuary town hidden deep in the Yukon for those who need to disappear from the regular world. Detective Casey Duncan and her husband, Sheriff Eric Dalton, are starting a family now that they’ve settled into their life here. As Casey nears the end of her pregnancy, she lets nothing, including her worried husband, stop her from investigating what happens in the forbidden forest outside the town of Haven’s Rock.
When one of the town's residents is drugged and wanders too close to the edge of town, she’s dragged into the woods kicking and screaming. She’s saved in the nick of time, but the women of the town are alarmed. Casey and Eric investigate the assault just as a snowstorm hits Haven’s Rock, covering the forest. It’s there they find a frozen body, naked in the snow. With mixed accounts of the woman's last movements, the two begin to question who they can trust―and who they can't―in their seemingly safe haven.
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Kelley Armstrong has multiple 4 star novels on amazon and a few books coming out in 2025.
Death at a Highland Wedding: (Rip Through Time Novels Book 4 Coming out in May
RELEASE DATE | FEBRUARY 18
Stolen art, a dead body, and a glamorous cruise. Can antique hunters Freya and Carole catch a killer and a notorious art trafficker before it's too late?
The Antique Hunter's Death on the Red Sea
Antique Hunter's Series, Book 2
Genre: Suspense, Thriller|
Hardback| 304 Pages |
By C.L. Miller
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When a painting vanishes from a maritime museum and a dead body is found nearby, the newly established Lockwood Antique Hunter’s Agency, Freya Lockwood and her Aunt Carole, are called to investigate.
Following a lead that takes them aboard a glamorous antiques cruise sailing toward the Red Sea in Jordan, they quickly discover that the ships art gallery is filled with stolen antiquities. Each antique is also listed in Freya’s late mentor’s journals that detail unsolved cases. In chasing a murderer with a stolen painting, they may have found something more sinister than they could’ve imagined…
Their hunt soon turns deadly when they learn the enigmatic and dangerous art trafficker named The Collector could be on board. But on a ship full of antiques enthusiasts—plus some unexpected familiar faces—will Freya and Carole be able to discover the Collector’s identity and stop his murderous plans before the ship docks?
Or will the killer strike again?
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Antique Hunter's Guide to Murder, Book 1
4.0 on Amazon
RELEASE DATE | FEBRUARY 18
New mom's life shattered when her husband becomes a hostage taker. What does his cryptic note reveal, and what will she do next?
Famous Last Words
Genre: Domestic Thriller
Hardback| 336 Pages |
By Gillian McAllister
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It is June 21st, the longest day of the year, and new mother Camilla’s life is about to change forever. After months of maternity leave, she will drop her infant daughter off at daycare for the first time and return to her job as a literary agent. Finally. But, when she wakes, her husband Luke isn’t there, and in his place is a cryptic note.
Then it starts. Breaking news: there's a hostage situation developing in London. The police arrive, and tell her Luke is involved. But he isn't a hostage. Her husband - doting father, eternal optimist - is the gunman.
What she does next is crucial. Because only she knows what the note he left behind that morning says...
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Wrong Place Wrong Time
4.2 on Amazon
Just Another Missing Person
4.0 on Amazon
RELEASE DATE | FEBRUARY 25
Poetry, murder, and a chilling warning. A professor and a detective delve into a city's dark heart, where victims are always feminine.
Death Takes Me
Genre: Science Fiction Crime & Mystery
Hardback| 320 Pages |
By Gillian McAllister
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A city is always a cemetery.
A professor named Cristina Rivera Garza stumbles upon the corpse of a mutilated man in a dark alley and reports it to the police. When shown a crime scene photo, she finds a stark warning written in tiny print with coral nail polish on the brick wall beside the body: “Beware of me, my love / beware of the silent woman in the desert.”
The professor becomes the first informant on the case, which is led by a detective newly obsessed with poetry and trailed by a long list of failures. But what has the professor really seen? As the bodies of more castrated men are found alongside lines of verse, the detective tries to decipher the meaning of the poems to put a stop to the violence spreading throughout the city.
Originally written in Spanish, where the word “victim” is always feminine, Death Takes Me is a thrilling masterpiece of literary fiction that flips the traditional crime narrative of gendered violence on its head. As sharp as the cuts on the bodies of the victims, it unfolds with the charged logic of a dream, moving from the police station to the professor’s classroom and through the slippery worlds of Latin American poetry and art in an imaginative exploration of the unstable terrains of desire and sexuality.